JPH06269557A - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To allow players to easily understand a method of playing and to allow employees to easily recognize the place and cause of any failure and measures for it. CONSTITUTION:A group of messages for players, intended to explain a method of playing to players, a method of handling a machine main body by operators such as pachinko hall employees, and a group of messages for operators, intended to explain the place and cause of any failure in the machine main body and measures therefor, are stored in a speech output IC 31, and a player guide switch 17 and an operator guide switch 23 are arranged. When the player guide switch 17 is controlled the speech output IC 31 audibly outputs the group of messages for players, and when the operator guide switch 23 is controlled the group of messages for operators is audibly outputted.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pachinko machine equipped with voice output means for outputting a message by voice.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a pachinko machine of this type, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No.
There is one described in Japanese Patent Publication No. 164982. With this configuration, when a pachinko ball enters the jackpot special prize hole,
A message such as "Congratulations" to increase the entertainment is output by voice. There is also a pachinko machine described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2-174882, and even in the case of this configuration, sound effects suitable for various game operations generated during the game are output by voice.

[0003]

On the other hand, the pachinko machine is
In recent years, game methods have become complicated in order to increase the fun. For this reason, a beginner player has to ask a pachinko hall employee because he / she does not know how to play the game, which is very troublesome for both the player and the employee.

When a pachinko machine fails,
The employee has to investigate the faulty part and the cause of the fault and take countermeasures, which causes a problem that the time required for the repair becomes long. On the other hand, there is a device in which a plurality of LEDs indicating a failure portion are provided in the main body of the machine and the LED corresponding to the failure portion is turned on when a failure occurs. However, in this configuration, although the failure part can be known by looking at the lighting state of the LED, the cause of the failure and the countermeasure therefor are not known, and the manual or the like must be read, which also requires a long repair time. In particular, in the case of an unfamiliar new employee, the time required for repair was often very long.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a pachinko machine in which the player can easily know the game method and the player can easily play the game. Further, another object of the present invention is that when a pachinko machine breaks down, an employee can easily recognize the failure part, the cause of the failure and the countermeasure, and the time required for the repair can be greatly shortened. To provide.

[0006]

The pachinko machine of the present invention comprises:
The player includes a storage unit for storing a group of messages for the player for explaining the game method to the player, a guide switch for the player provided so as to be operated by the player, and this player's guide switch. It is characterized in that it is provided with a voice output means for voice-outputting the player message group when the guide switch is operated.

A pachinko machine according to a modified embodiment of the present invention is
Store a message group for operators to explain the handling method of the machine body, the location of the failure that occurred in the machine body, the cause of the occurrence or the countermeasure method of the failure to the operators such as pachinko hall employees A voice output that includes a storage unit and a guide switch for the operator that can be operated by the operator, and that outputs the message group for the operator by voice when the guide switch for the operator is operated. It is characterized by having a means.

Furthermore, a pachinko machine according to another modified embodiment of the present invention is provided with a message group for a player for explaining a game method to a player, and a machine body for a handler such as a pachinko hall employee. A storage means for storing a handling method, a location where a failure has occurred in the main body of the machine, a cause of the failure or a message group for the operator for explaining the countermeasure method for the failure, etc. Provided with a guide switch for the player, provided with a guide switch for the operator operably provided by the operator, and when the guide switch for the player is operated, the message group for the player is voiced. It is characterized in that it is provided with a voice output means for outputting and voice-outputting the message group for the operator when the guide switch for the operator is operated.

[0009]

According to the above means, when the player does not know the game method, when the player guide switch is operated, the message group for the player is output by voice and the game method is explained by voice. As a result, the player can know the playing method only by operating the player's guide switch and listening to the above description, which greatly facilitates the playing.

When a failure occurs in the pachinko machine,
When an employee operates the guide switch for the operator, a group of messages for the operator is output by voice to explain the handling method of the machine body, the location of the failure that occurred in the machine body, the cause of the failure or the countermeasure method for the failure, etc. Will be done. As a result, the employee can easily recognize the failure part, the cause of the failure, and the countermeasure only by operating the guide switch for the operator and listening to the above description, and the time required for the repair can be greatly shortened. In addition, the installer who installs the pachinko machine in the pachinko hall can also operate the guide switch for the operator to output a group of messages for the operator and give a voice explanation of how to handle the machine itself. However, since the handling method of the machine body can be understood, the handling work, that is, the installation work is simplified.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, in FIG. 2 showing the front of the pachinko machine, a game board 2 is provided on the upper part of the machine body 1, and a glass door 3 is rotatably provided so as to cover the game board 2. There is. A ball supply unit 4 is rotatably provided below the glass door 3, and an upper ball dish 5 is arranged on the front surface of the ball supply unit 4.

On the board surface of the game board 2, rails, nails, windmills, prize winning devices, electric lamps, etc. are arranged. Among these, the winning device is a special winning device 6 provided in the central portion of the game board 2, winning openings 7 to 9 provided on the left and right and lower portions of the special winning device 6, and provided on the lower left and right sides of the game board 2. The tulip type winning device 10, 11, and the starting winning opening 1 provided below the tulip type winning device 10, 11.
It is composed of 2 and 13. An out ball entrance 14 is provided in the center of the lower part of the game board 2.

A game ball launching mechanism (not shown) for launching a pachinko ball to the game board 2 side is provided in the lower portion inside the machine body 1. Further, an operation handle 15 is rotatably provided at the lower right end of the front surface of the machine body 1, and the hitting operation of the game ball launching mechanism is started in response to the turning operation of the operation handle 15. The strength of the hit ball is adjusted. A lower ball dish 16 is provided in the lower front part of the machine body 1. Inside the lower ball dish 16, an award that overflows when the upper ball dish 5 of the ball supply unit 4 is filled with prize balls. The sphere is designed to be stored.

A player's guide switch 17 is provided to the left of the lower spherical dish 16 in the lower front surface of the machine body 1. The player guide switch 17 is composed of a push button switch which is turned on when a pressing operation is performed and returns to the original position and is turned off when the pressing operation is stopped.

On the other hand, on the back side of the machine body 1, as shown in FIG. 3, a ball tank 1 for storing a large number of pachinko balls on the upper side.
8 are provided. Pachinko balls are supplied to the ball tank 18 from a pachinko ball supply mechanism (not shown). A ball downflow passage 19 is disposed below the ball tank 18, and the pachinko balls flowing out from the bottom of the ball tank 18 flow down inside the ball downflow passage 19. A prize ball discharging device 20 is disposed below the right end side of the ball downflow passage 19, and the prize ball discharging device 20 has a set number (for example, 15) of pachinko balls (prize) when a winning occurs. Sphere) is configured to be discharged. The prize ball discharging device 2
The pachinko balls discharged from No. 0 flow down in the ball flow passage 21 and are then stored in the upper ball tray 5 of the ball supply unit 4.

A printed wiring board 22 on which various electronic components constituting a pachinko machine control device are mounted is provided in the central portion on the left end side on the back surface of the machine body 1. A guide switch 23 for the operator is provided on the printed wiring board 22, and the guide switch 23 for the operator turns on when the pressing operation is performed, and returns to the original position and turns off when the pressing operation is stopped. It consists of push button switches. A probability mode setting switch 24 is provided on the left side of the operator guide switch 23, and a probability mode confirmation LED 25 is provided below the probability mode setting switch 24.

Now, FIG. 1 showing the electrical construction of the pachinko machine.
In, the control circuit 26 is configured to include a microcomputer, and stores a control program for controlling the overall operation of the pachinko machine. This control circuit 26 is
A switch signal from the player guide switch 17, a switch signal from the operator guide switch 23, a prize detection signal from a prize detection circuit 27 that detects that a pachinko ball has won into each of the winning holes, a pachinko machine failure. A failure detection signal from the failure detection circuit 28 for detecting Further, the control circuit 26 controls the prize ball discharging device 20.
The special winning device 6 is configured to be drive-controlled via the drive circuits 29 and 30.

Further, the control circuit 26 includes a voice output IC3.
A control signal corresponding to the message to be output to 1 is given. The voice output IC 31 is configured to output the message as voice from the speaker 33 by applying the voice signal for the message to the speaker 33 via the amplifier 32. in this case,
The voice output IC 31 constitutes a storage means and a voice output means. This voice output IC 31 is, for example, an ADPC.
The configuration is such that an audio signal is synthesized and output by the M system or the PCM system.

Now, the voice output IC 31 will be briefly described. In this voice output IC 31,
The message is "punk", "is.",
A lot of data is stored as phrase-based data such as “attacker”, “o”, ... IC31 for voice output
Has a configuration in which a large number of messages (including various messages to be described later) as shown in FIG. 5 can be edited and combined by appropriately combining the large number of phrase unit messages. And among the above-mentioned many messages, a message group for the player for explaining the game method to the player, and a handling method of the machine main body for the operator such as a pachinko hall employee, the machine A message group for the operator is included for explaining the cause of the failure that has occurred in the main body or a countermeasure method for the failure.

In this case, if the message number shown in FIG. 5 is designated by the information signal of the control circuit 26, the voice output IC 31 combines the phrase unit messages shown in FIG. 4 and outputs the message of the designated number. It is configured to edit and synthesize, and output an audio signal for the synthesized message. That is, the voice output IC 31 has the same storage function as storing a large number of messages (a large amount of data) only by storing a large number of phrase-unit data (a small amount of data). Has become.
As a result, the storage capacity of the ROM for storing data can be saved.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described. If a beginner player does not know how to play a pachinko machine, he or she operates a player guide switch 17 provided at the bottom of the machine body 1. Then, the player guide switch 1
In response to the ON signal from 7, the control circuit 26 provides the voice output IC 31 with an information signal for voice-outputting the player message group for explaining the game method to the player.
As a result, the voice output IC 31 is a group of messages for the player, specifically, "This model is a Seven-machine type monaking. When you insert a ball into the start hole in the center of the board, the pattern device operates and the hole The operation of the symbol device will continue up to 4 times when the balls enter in succession. When 3 symbols are aligned, it becomes a big hit and the attacker at the bottom of the board opens. The attacker has 10 balls or the opening time is 30 seconds. The attacker can continue to be opened up to 16 times by putting at least one ball in the V hole inside the attacker. The switch for this guide message can be heard again each time it is pressed. The message group "You can do it." Is sequentially output from the speaker 33 as voice. By listening to this voice, the player can easily understand the game method and can easily play the game.

Also, when the player is playing a normal game, messages corresponding to various game operations that occur during the game are output by voice. In this case, the control circuit 26
When various winning detection signals or sensor detection signals from various detection sensors are received from the winning detection circuit 27, the control signal for voice output of the received winning detection signal or a message corresponding to the sensor signal is output for voice output. Give to IC31.
In response to this, the voice output IC 31 generates a message corresponding to the generated game operation each time various game operations occur, specifically, "I am in the normal state right now.",
"I'm in a jackpot state right now.", "I'm in a stochastic state right now.", "I'm in a stop state right now." And other messages in the game state. "The jackpot pattern is 7." It was 7 times. ”,“ There are no balls in the upper plate. ”,“ There are no balls in the lower plate. ”,“ There are no balls in the prize ball tank. ”It prevents from hindering the progress of the game. And a message of game sound effects such as “reach {long reach}, big hit chance”, “big hit, congratulations”, “congratulations on random fluctuation, big hit chance”, etc. are output from the speaker 33 by voice. This allows the game to proceed smoothly and also increases the fun of the game.

On the other hand, when installing a pachinko machine in a pachinko hall, if the installer operates the operator guide switch 23 provided on the back side of the machine body 1, for example, once,
In response to the ON signal from the guide switch 23 for the operator, the control circuit 26 controls to output a message group for the operator, which explains how to handle the machine body 1, to the operator such as a pachinko hall employee. The signal is given to the voice output IC 31. As a result, the voice output IC 31 displays the message group for the operator, specifically, “The output form of the output information is 3
It is a voltage drive of 2V. "The information terminal to the hall computer is on the external terminal 2.""The jackpot information terminal outputs an ON signal only during the jackpot operation.""The start information terminal is an ON signal for each start operation." Is output to the speaker 33.
The audio is sequentially output from. By listening to this voice,
The installer of a pachinko machine can understand how to handle the machine body without looking at the manual, which simplifies the installation work.

In addition, when the pachinko hall employee wants to know the operating state of the pachinko machine, if the operator's guide switch 23 is operated, for example, twice in succession, the operator's guide switch 23 can be operated twice. In response to the ON signal, the control circuit 26 notifies the operator of the machine body 1 based on the data accumulated in the monitoring circuit that monitors the operating state of the machine body 1.
The control signal for voice-outputting the message group for the operator explaining the operating state of is given to the voice-output IC 31. As a result, the voice output IC 31 displays a group of messages for the operator explaining the operating state of the machine body 1, specifically, "The number of jackpots on this stand is 15 times up to now.", "Probability of this stand" The setting is 1/200, and the current incidence is 100.
It is one-third. , "The start for one minute of this stand is 6 rotations." Thereby, the employee can recognize the operating state of the machine body 1.

On the other hand, when a failure occurs in the pachinko machine,
The employee in charge of the repair uses the guide switch 23 for the operator.
When, for example, is operated three times in succession, the control circuit 2 receives an ON signal from the operator guide switch 23 three times in succession.
Reference numeral 6 describes to the operator, based on the detection signal from the failure detection circuit 28 that detects the failure of the machine body 1, the location of the failure that has occurred in the machine body 1, the cause of the failure, or a countermeasure method for the failure. A control signal for voice-outputting the group of message for the operator is given to the voice-output IC 31. This allows
The voice output IC 31 is a message group for the operator explaining the occurrence site of the failure of the machine body 1, the cause of the failure, or a countermeasure method for the failure, specifically, "10 balls of the 10 count switch in the attacker are blocked. Therefore, a message such as "Confirm" or "Confirm because the 10-count switch in the attacker does not detect" is output from the speaker 33 by voice. By listening to this voice, the employee can easily recognize the location of the failure that has occurred in the machine body 1, the cause of the failure, the countermeasure method for the failure, etc. Therefore, the time required for the repair can be significantly shortened. You can

In the above embodiment, whether the guide switch 23 for the operator is operated once or continuously twice,
Depending on whether it is operated three times in succession, a message group for the operator explaining the handling method of the machine body 1, a message group for the operator explaining the operating state of the machine body 1, and a location where a failure has occurred in the machine body 1. , The message group for the operator explaining the cause of occurrence or the countermeasure method for the failure is selectively output by voice, but the present invention is not limited to this, and when the operator's guide switch 23 is operated once. Alternatively, the message groups of the above three groups may be sequentially output as voice. In this case, the order in which the message groups of the three groups are output as voice may be appropriately changed as necessary.

Further, a small printed wiring board on which another voice output IC is mounted is detachably provided as an optional device, and a message group corresponding to a business mode of a pachinko machine in a pachinko hall, for example, is provided as an optional message to the voice output IC. , Specifically, "There are no restrictions on how to operate in this hall.", "3.
If you hit big with a pattern other than 5 and 7, all the balls you have after the big hit will be exchanged. "The manufacturer of this machine is Okumura Yuuki. We are releasing new models on a regular basis. After the introduction of the next new model, please enjoy the game as before." A message group may be stored in advance, and when the player operates the player guide switch 17 twice in succession, the optional message group may be output as voice.
In this case, the player guide switch 17 described above is also used.
In place of the operating method of,
It may be configured such that the player's message group and the optional message group are sequentially output as voices when the player performs a turning operation.

Further, in the case of the detachable construction of the small printed wiring board on which the other voice output IC is mounted, the operator's guide switch may be provided on the small printed wiring board.

[0029]

As is apparent from the above description, the present invention is provided with a player guide switch for outputting the player message group by voice, and at the same time, for handling the operator message group by voice. Since the guide switch is provided for the player, the player can know the playing method by operating the guide switch for the player, which makes it easier for the player to play. Moreover, the employee can operate the guide switch for the operator. For example, the failure part of the pachinko machine, the cause of the failure, and the countermeasure can be easily recognized, so that the time required for the repair can be significantly shortened.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

[Figure 2] Front view of a pachinko machine

[Figure 3] Rear view of the pachinko machine

FIG. 4 is a view showing data of a phrase unit message stored in a voice output IC.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a group of messages that can be edited and synthesized by a voice output IC.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 is a machine body, 2 is a game board, 15 is an operation handle, 17 is a player's guide switch, 20 is a prize ball discharging device, 22 is a printed wiring board, 23 is a guide switch for the operator, 2
6 is a control circuit, 27 is a winning detection circuit, 28 is a failure detection circuit, 31 is a voice output IC (storage means, voice output means), and 33 is a speaker.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A storage unit for storing a message group for a player for explaining a game method to a player, a guide switch for the player which is provided so as to be operable by the player, and a player's guide switch for the player. A pachinko machine comprising: a voice output means for voice-outputting the player message group when a guide switch is operated. 2. An operator for explaining to a pachinko hall employee or the like the handling method of the machine body, the location where the failure has occurred in the machine body, the cause of the failure, or the countermeasure method for the failure, etc. Storage means for storing a message group, a guide switch for the operator provided so as to be operated by the operator, and a voice output for outputting the message group for the operator by voice when the guide switch for the operator is operated. A pachinko machine characterized by comprising means. 3. A message group for a player for explaining a game method to a player, a handling method of a machine body for a handler such as a pachinko hall employee, and a failure occurring in the machine body. A storage unit that stores a message group for the operator for explaining a part, a cause of occurrence, or a countermeasure method for the failure, a guide switch for the player provided so as to be operated by the player, and An operator guide switch operably provided, and when the player guide switch is operated, the player message group is output as voice and the operator guide switch is operated when the operator guide switch is operated. A pachinko machine provided with voice output means for voice-outputting a group of messages for an operator.